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Phaze Ventures joins forces with OQ to transform future of energy operations

Phaze Ventures joins forces with OQ to transform future of energy operations   Phaze Ventures, an Oman-based venture capital firm, and OQ, Oman’s global integrated energy services company, today announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding which will see the organisations work closely together to develop, deploy and invest in disruptive energy technologies from across the globe. The agreement incorporates several areas of collaboration in support of the two organisat...

EnerMech Strengthens Leadership Team

EnerMech Strengthens Leadership Team   EnerMech has strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointment of Behzad Kazerani as Chief Business Development Officer. Behzad will be responsible for the company’s global business development function, overseeing an expanded BD team which will spearhead an ambitious growth strategy over the next five years. EnerMech, a specialist in integrated mechanical and electrical services, has recently made an number of senior BD an...

Dräger reaffirms commitment to Aberdeen operations

Dräger reaffirms commitment to Aberdeen operations   Dräger (or Draeger) Marine and Offshore, a division of The Dräger Group, has confirmed a new phase of investment in its Aberdeen office. The latest phase of investment will focus on significantly expanding the company’s rental fleet of offshore safety equipment, which includes its fire and rescue apparatus. The company’s safety products are employed by many operators in the North Sea, and its Aberdeen b...

Infinity signal intent for international expansion

Infinity signal intent for international expansion Infinity announce Stephen Hamilton as a Partner of the company and green-light the expansion of the business. In-line with their 10-year growth plan, Infinity have now entered the strategically important London energy market, which will operate as a hub for engineering support to the international arena.  This will also strengthen the Aberdeen technical offering available to the North Sea client base. The expansion has resulted in in...

Enhancing & improving occupational and task-specific safety

Enhancing & improving occupational and task-specific safety   Safelift Offshore’s complete focus during its 25 years of service to many offshore energy industries has been on engineering products for handling & lifting purposes which enhance & improve occupational and task-specific safety and this continues to be the case today. Indeed, perhaps, more so than ever industry trends such as reduced manning levels and the increased use of multi-skilled or third-party p...

Oilgen and Hydrenor launch the world’s first specialist Hydrogen Reservoir Engineering group

Oilgen and Hydrenor launch the world’s first specialist Hydrogen Reservoir Engineering group   The founders of a specialist reservoir engineering company and hydrogen storage firm based in Aberdeen have launched a Hydrogen Reservoir Engineering division, thought to be the first of its kind in the world. Laurent Schirrer and Isabelle Vervoort, who created Oilgen in 2002 and Hydrenor in 2019, have established the HRE group as a new branch of Oilgen. HRE will combine the special...

Fugro’s subsea engineering solutions key to Ireland’s Corrib gas field integrity

Fugro’s subsea engineering solutions key to Ireland’s Corrib gas field integrity   Fugro has used the survey vessel Edda Sun to deliver an inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) project for Corrib, Ireland’s biggest natural gas field, on behalf of Vermilion Exploration and Production Ireland Limited (Vermilion). The project included deepwater pipeline surveys, inspection of subsea structures, and maintenance tasks using Fugro’s FCV3000 remotely operated vehic...

SeaFlo launches CPD engineering training to support sector recovery and expedite knowledge transfer

SeaFlo launches CPD engineering training to support sector recovery and expedite knowledge transfer   Aberdeen headquartered SeaFlo Consultancy Ltd has invested more than £250,000 to develop a new dynamic marine and subsea training capability supported by state-of-the-art mobile simulators. Launched this week, the firm’s Marine Professionals Chartership Progression Training has been designed to help “fast-track” the careers of aspiring marine technicians to...

Pursuing an export strategy has never been more important - join us at vEEC to kick-start your exporting journey

Pursuing an export strategy has never been more important - join us at vEEC to kick-start your exporting journey   The EIC's Survive & Thrive Insight Report series, now in its fourth year, has studied the growth strategies that supply chain companies use to not only survive difficult market conditions, but also to thrive in them. The report has found that pursuing a new export strategy is consistently among the lowest used method to do this - but why? The feedback we have r...

Survivex invests in GWO wind training to support energy transition

Survivex invests in GWO wind training to support energy transition   Safety training specialist, Survivex is launching GWO wind training in Aberdeen to service Scotland’s fast-growing wind industry and support the oil and gas sector’s energy transition. More than £100,000 has been invested at Survivex in new facilities and equipment to align the centre to the highest Global Wind Organisation (GWO) standards. As well as all the mandatory safety courses and refreshe...

Ampelmann secures five new offshore wind contracts in the North Sea

Ampelmann secures five new offshore wind contracts in the North Sea   Ampelmann, the Dutch offshore access provider, has secured five new contracts in offshore wind over the course of a month with Norwegian companies BOA, Volstad, Olympic Shipping, Siem Offshore and DOF. The company will provide two A-type and three E1000 systems, which will aid the installation and maintenance work at Offshore Wind farms in the North Sea. In total, this will add up to 380 days of firm work, with poss...

Osbit celebrates 10 years in business

Osbit celebrates 10 years in business   Northumberland-based offshore technology supplier Osbit is celebrating a decade in business. Osbit began operations at its Riding Mill headquarters 10 years ago with three owner-directors, now four, all engineers and soon established a powerful engineering team. Over the course of 10 years, Osbit has delivered a number of offshore technology firsts to support its global customer-base. This includes world-first well intervention technology...

Online technology platform to support UK energy transition

Online technology platform to support UK energy transition   TechnologyCatalogue.com, the fastest-growing technology platform in the Energy industry, and Carjon NRG, an Aberdeen headquartered Technology Deployment Service Company, delivering energy innovation around the world, announced today that they will join forces for the delivery of a UK Energy Technology Platform. The Goal of the new UK Online platform is to connect technologies to Operators, Developers and end-users in the UK...

Digital Consultations Soar To Protect Health Of Energy Workers During Covid-19

Digital Consultations Soar To Protect Health Of Energy Workers During Covid-19   Global occupational health services company, Iqarus, is now carrying out 50% of all consultations remotely, to protect the health of energy industry workers. This has been fuelled by the impact of COVID-19, soaring from just 2% usage before the pandemic. Iqarus, an International SOS company, has been working around the clock with clients to support those with confirmed cases of coronavirus and implemen...

Innovative Subsea firm wins UK Enterprise Award

Innovative Subsea firm wins UK Enterprise Award   Aberdeenshire start-up company, Legasea, has been announced as the winner of Subsea Company of the Year in the UK Enterprise Awards, awarded by SME News magazine. The award recognises small to medium enterprises, and startup companies, that have stood out as being innovators in their field. Winners are selected, based on excellence in their industry, quality of products, dedication to customer service, innovation, online reputati...

Aberdeen Inspection Firm Completes Largest Project with Repsol Norge AS

Aberdeen Inspection Firm Completes Largest Project with Repsol Norge AS   An Aberdeen based remote inspection specialist has realised a major success with the completion of its largest project to date. AISUS Offshore, leading remote inspection technology firm, completed a complex inspection work-scope for Repsol Norge AS on the Yme platform 100km from the Norwegian coastline. The Yme field was initially developed by Statoil from 1996 to 2001 and is now being redeveloped by Repsol Norg...

Petrofac reports $6.4bn order backlog; warns of engineering hit

Petrofac reports $6.4bn order backlog; warns of engineering hit   Oilfield services firm Petrofac said its group order backlog was $6.4bn at the end of May as it warned of a significant impact on its engineering division from the coronavirus pandemic. The backlog was down $1bn from the end of December. Petrofac said it expected revenue at its engineering and construction division was expected to fall to around $1.6bn, driven by pandemic-related project delays, but gave no comparati...

International Women In Engineering Day: an opportunity to celebrate successes

International Women In Engineering Day: an opportunity to celebrate successes   Today is International Women in Engineering Day. Here McMenon’s chief operations officer Shiby Bernard gives her thoughts on the need to encourage more girls and women to consider a career in the exciting world of engineering. This year’s theme for #INWED is Shape The World. I feel a sense of gratitude to International Women In Engineering Day for not only reminding the world about the role...

Unique Group adds Sonardyne Ranger 2 systems to its US Gulf of Mexico rental pool

Unique Group adds Sonardyne Ranger 2 systems to its US Gulf of Mexico rental pool   Underwater positioning technology from Sonardyne Inc. has been chosen by leading integrated subsea and offshore solutions provider, Unique Group, to enhance the company’s offering for its energy sector customers working in the US Gulf of Mexico. Two Ranger 2 Ultra-Short BaseLine (USBL) positioning systems, complete with HPT 5000 transceivers and survey-room hardware and software, will be added...

Pilot study reveals need to overhaul verification on UK Continental Shelf

Pilot study reveals need to overhaul verification on UK Continental Shelf   DNV GL has proposed a new approach to verification of oil and gas projects and operations on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) following a review of current practices. After consultation with several oil and gas operators, DNV GL’s new way of working revealed that the role of the verification body must evolve to better support British oil and gas operations to manage the right risks at the right time and e...
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